WELLBEING COACH & HYPNOTHERAPIST

Hi, I’m Maria – I enhance individual’s & couples’ wellbeing through Life Coaching & Hypnotherapy, incorporating my background in fitness as a personal trainer & group exercise instructor.

Through a collaborative & tailored approach, I provide online 1:1 Life Coaching / Hypnotherapy sessions & 2:1 Relationship Coaching incorporating various tools & techniques.

So if you’re not fulfilling your potential, I can support you to move past unhelpful thoughts, feelings, habits & dynamics to enhance your capabilities, health & wellbeing. My holistic, growth-mindset approach manages overwhelm, heals trauma, elevates relationships & boosts performance, self-esteem & confidence.

You can find out more about me & how I can support you through my website.

Click here to get in touch & move with me on your journey!

Fitness and wellbeing coach for individuals and couples

WELLBEING COACH & HYPNOTHERAPIST

Hi, I’m Maria – I enhance individual’s & couples’ wellbeing through Life Coaching & Hypnotherapy, incorporating my background in fitness as a personal trainer & group exercise instructor.

Through a collaborative & tailored approach, I provide online 1:1 Life Coaching / Hypnotherapy sessions & 2:1 Relationship Coaching incorporating various tools & techniques.

You can find out more about me & how I can support you through my website.

Click here to get in touch & move with me on your journey!

AREAS OF EXPLORATION

I can support you on your journey with the following:

Work/Life Balance
Managing Stress & Burnout
Confidence & Self-Esteem
Transitions
Career (Change)

Communication & Relationships
Health & Wellbeing
Needs, Values & Purpose
Managing Pain & Energy Levels
Anxiety, Fears, Phobias

Cravings & Addictions
Processing Loss & Trauma
Performance
Low Mood & Depression
Inner Child Work or Regression

Work/Life Balance
Managing Stress & Burnout
Confidence & Self-Esteem
Transitions
Career (Change)

Communication & Relationships
Health & Wellbeing
Needs, Values & Purpose
Managing Pain & Energy Levels
Anxiety, Fears, Phobias

Cravings & Addictions
Processing Loss & Trauma
Performance
Low Mood & Depression
Inner Child Work & Regression

AREAS OF EXPLORATION

I can support you on your journey with the following:

Anxiety, Fears, Phobias
Managing Stress & Burnout
Depression & Low Mood
Confidence & Self-Esteem
Work/Life Balance
Transitions
Career (Change)
Communication & Relationships
Health & Wellbeing
Need, Values & Purpose
Managing Pain & Energy Levels
Cravings & Addictions
Processing Loss & Trauma
Performance
Dreams
Inner Child Work & Regression

A BIT ABOUT ME

To pursue a career helping others, I graduated in psychology from University College London (UCL) and began working in the mental health sector, including the NHS.

I later moved into client services/account management within design and branding agencies and as a result, I relate to my clients’ challenges in the public sector, corporate environments, career transitions, and employment versus self-employment.

I finally decided to fulfil my ‘true calling’ by combining my experience and passions for movement, wellness, and creativity. I became a holistic practitioner with qualifications and experience in fitness, life coaching and hypnotherapy.

My special areas of interest include supporting people with anxiety and depression, ADHD (as I was late diagnosed in my 30’s) and chronic health conditions, as I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). I have also used my personal experiences of mental and physical health challenges to improve NHS mental health services as a Lived Experience Practitioner.

Here’s some more info about my journey so far.

MY APPROACH

I facilitate a thought-provoking creative process to define and reach your goals; fulfilling your purpose and potential.

With a collaborative and person-centred perspective, I believe that you hold all the answers to get you to where you want to be. However, you might feel stuck and want help:

– defining your needs, values & purpose.
– tapping into possible strategies & solutions.
– structuring ideas & goals into actions.
– addressing self-defeating emotions, beliefs & behaviours.
– with motivation and accountability to follow through on a plan.

Life coaching tends to be present and future focussed; whilst this is largely the case, it can sometimes be helpful to explore things from the past that may be holding you back, which we can explore if it feels right for you. For example, there may be self-limiting beliefs, unhelpful narratives, and/or unprocessed trauma to resolve, whether you’re consciously aware of this or not.

My approach is adaptable, working with whatever you bring each session. I use both conscious-level and deeper techniques whilst drawing upon various disciplines, including: Coaching, Hypnotherapy, Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness and more. Through asking the right questions and using various tools and techniques, I empower you to define and shape your journey. This helps to build confidence, self-belief and independence in improving your wellbeing.

SERVICES

Here are the online services I currently offer; please click on the relevant text to find out more including pricing.

1:1 SESSIONS

If you‘re ready to move forward in your life - click here to find out more.

£85 per 1hr session delivered via Zoom.

After your first session you can decide to upgrade to the 6 Session Package to get 1 session half price.

Depending on your needs I generally recommend at least 6 sessions, so click here to find out about the discounted 6 session package.

£467.50

(get 1 session half price – equivalent of £77.92 per session)

RELATIONSHIP COACHING

If you want to improve a relationship in your life, whether your romantic partner, family member, friend or colleague, I offer a 6 session Relationship Coaching Program including 2:1/couples’ sessions.

This consists of:
x4 2:1 sessions (1hr-1hr15min each)
x2 1:1 sessions with each client

They are held weekly in the following order (but can be spaced out if preferred):
Week 1 – 2:1 session
Week 2 – 2:1 session
Week 3 – 1:1 session (Client 1)
Week 3 – 1:1 session (Client 2)
Week 4 – 2:1 session
Week 5 – 2:1 session

You can purchase at the discounted Program rate or via individual sessions:

£616.25 per Program
(get 1 2:1 session half price)

£127.50 per 2:1 Session

SMOKING CESSATION

If you’ve made the commitment to quit smoking/vaping, I offer a two session program to finally break the habit using hypnotherapy.

They are generally held a week apart in the following order (but can be spaced out if preferred):

Week 1: 1hr session
Week 2: up to 1.5hr session – the day to say goodbye to smoking and hello to a healthier life!

£295 per Program

SERVICES

Here are the online services I currently offer; please click on the relevant text to find out more including pricing.

1:1 SESSIONS

If you‘re ready to move forward in your life - click here to find out more.

£85 per 1hr session delivered via Zoom.

After your first session you can decide to upgrade to the 6 Session Package to get 1 session half price.

Depending on your needs I generally recommend at least 6 sessions, so click here to find out about the discounted 6 session package.

£467.50

(get 1 session half price – equivalent of £77.92 per session)

RELATIONSHIP COACHING

This consists of:
x4 2:1 sessions (1hr-1hr15min each)
x2 1:1 sessions with each client

You can purchase at the discounted Program rate or via individual sessions:

£616.25 per Program
(get 1 2:1 session half price)

£127.50 per 2:1 Session

SMOKING CESSATION

If you’ve made the commitment to quit smoking/vaping, I offer a two session program to finally break the habit using hypnotherapy.

They are generally held a week apart in the following order (but can be spaced out if preferred):

Week 1: 1hr session
Week 2: up to 1.5hr session – the day to say goodbye to smoking and hello to a healthier life!

£295 per Program

MY JOURNEY (SO FAR!)

Across my life I’ve explored various forms of movement, creativity and self-expression, psychology and therapeutic work. I experience a sense of fulfilment through nurturing my personal development and supporting others through theirs. This ever-evolving experience continues to shape my holistic approach and appreciation of each client’s individuality.

MY JOURNEY

(SO FAR!)

MOVEMENT

Ever since I was little (although at 4ft10, I still am!), I’ve enjoyed learning new skills through being active. Over the years I’ve trained in various dance styles (ballet, modern, contemporary, swing / vintage jazz, blues, fusion bellydance to name a few), athletics, SCUBA diving, martial arts, gymnastics, circus arts (including aerial hoop, trapeze, acro yoga, pole) and fitness classes.

PSYCHOLOGY &

MENTAL HEALTH

As well as being physically active, I was also a very creative kid (particularly loving art at school), as well as immersing myself in music. However, out of all my interests, I wanted to pursue a career helping people and aspired to become a clinical psychologist. Whilst studying at uni, I volunteered at the Maytree Respite Centre supporting people feeling suicidal, and Kith & Kids supporting individuals with learning disabilities.

I graduated with a BSc (Hons) Psychology from University College London (UCL), after which I spent 6 months working in a specialist school supporting children with Autism through individualised programmes. I then worked for the NHS as a Trainee Graduate Mental Health Worker alongside obtaining a Post Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Practice.

CREATIVITY

Following my other passions of art and design, I later decided to change careers by moving into a creative industry. I started my new path on a competitive graduate scheme in client services at a top London packaging design agency. After years of working in various agencies managing the accounts of well-known brands, I came to realise that whilst I love shaping the creative process, something was missing. I wasn’t fulfilling my deeper purpose and values.

FITNESS

Looking for a more meaningful balance in my career, it was time to combine my experience and passions for wellbeing, movement and creativity by becoming a fitness instructor. I took the plunge with a career break to complete my first fitness qualification, which included Level 2 Exercise to Music and Level 2 Teaching Exercise, Movement & Dance.

Since then, I’ve immersed myself in teaching and further training, working at boutique and luxury clubs such as FBF Collective, Frame and Third Space, and online for Classmate, Fitpros and OurParks. As well as qualifying as a Level 3 Personal Trainer and specialism in pre & post-natal exercise, I continue to complete various CPD courses such as performance breathwork to broaden my knowledge.

MINDFULNESS

Alongside my first fitness qualification, I completed a course in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Straight after completing both courses, I embarked on my first 10-day Vipassana silent meditation retreat. It was a very profound experience that has influenced my approach to meditation and mindfulness to this day, and I have since been on further retreats.

LIFE COACHING & HYPNOTHERAPY

I’m a huge advocate of exercise for mental and physical wellbeing. Nevertheless, I felt compelled to combine my fitness profession along with my previous aspirations of becoming some form of therapeutic talking practitioner. I knew that the Clinical Psychologist route wasn’t the path for me, so I needed to carve another. After researching different disciplines, I trained as an accredited Life Coach and Hypnotherapist, whilst combining my experience in fitness and mindfulness practices.

WELLBEING &

LIVED EXPERIENCE

Along with my varied background, I have experienced my own mental and physical health challenges, including anxiety, depression, body dysmorphia, late-diagnosed inattentive ADHD, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).

Through researching various approaches and tools to support my own health needs, as well as having engaged in various types of treatments through 1:1 and group work, I’m aware of various common challenges to provide a lived experience lens. I also bring this to my rewarding work as a Lived Experience Practitioner, helping to improve NHS mental health Talking Therapies services, particularly for those with Long Term Conditions (LTCs).

HOLISTIC

To make positive changes in our lives, it’s helpful to be aware of and understand the unhelpful dynamics that keep us feeling stuck. However, we can still struggle to make the (often deeper) shifts and/or healing needed to create bigger change. Through my personal and professional experience, I’m still in awe of the powerful transitions that happen through combining both conscious level and deeper work (e.g. hypnotherapy and NLP) to support significant progress in my client’s lives. I therefore enjoy using various tools and techniques through a holistic approach, appreciating the complexities and connection between mind and body.

MOVEMENT

Ever since I was little (although at 4ft10, I still am!), I’ve enjoyed learning new skills through being active. Over the years I’ve trained in various dance styles (ballet, modern, contemporary, swing / vintage jazz, blues, fusion bellydance and most recently West Coast Swing to name a few), athletics, SCUBA diving, martial arts, gymnastics, circus arts (including aerial hoop, trapeze, acro yoga, pole) and fitness classes.

PSYCHOLOGY & MENTAL HEALTH

CREATIVITY

FITNESS

MINDFULNESS

LIFE COACHING & HYPNOTHERAPY

WELLBEING & LIVED EXPERIENCE

HOLISTIC

QUALIFICATIONS

– Prestige Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma (accredited by GHSC)
– Level 5: Elite Life Coach Incorporating Hypnotherapy – Accredited by the International Authority for Professional Coaching & Mentors (IAPC&M)
– CPD: Dynamic Cognitive Behavioural Intervention
– PG Dip Mental Health Practice
– BSc (Hons) Psychology
– Mental Health First Aid
– Level 4: Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES)
– Level 3: Diploma in Personal Training | Designing Pre & Post Natal Exercise
– Level 2: Group Training | Gym Instructor | Exercise To Music (ETM) | Teaching Exercise, Movement & Dance
– Level 2: Understanding Mental Health First Aid & Mental Health Advocacy in the Workplace

QUALIFICATIONS

TESTIMONIALS

I originally reached out to Maria to help me with my fitness/physical health, but with life’s ever-changing challenges she quickly turned into my lifeline, helping me navigate my personal as well as professional life. She’s warm and makes it easy to open up to her. Sessions are collaborative and when needed she challenges my thinking. Maria always has the right tool to hand no matter what problem I’ve presented her with so far. She cares and it shows in her sessions and her after care. I am learning more about myself and how to handle life’s challenges in every single session.

TANJA

I started working with Maria when I was tired in the depths of despair. Her kind, understanding, and empathetic nature allowed to safely open up. She has a wonderful array of tools that was able to help in any situation I presented to her. I honestly don’t know if I’d be progressing back towards health were it not for her.

KEVIN

Maria reminds me of one of those multi-armed head scratcher thingies—you don’t realize how much you need it until you experience it, and then it just grows on you. We worked together for nearly a year, and she’s just the right amount of quirky and an absolute delight to talk to. She has an annoyingly impressive knack for finding the silver lining in everything and a solid understanding of different approaches to improve life, all delivered with her signature smile.

You know when Samwise Gamgee said, “I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you”? That’s her.

BENEDEK

Maria is a fantastic coach who has really helped me approach a range of different aspects of my life that have been causing me stress. She’s really helped me see clear paths and asks thought provoking questions that really helped make me establish my priorities to make me a healthier and happier person. As someone who was previously sceptical of speaking to a coach I’d recommend Maria to anyone as her range of knowledge and approach to helping you feel centred and improve yourself is really awesome!

RORY

I came to Maria as I was suffering from anxiety and really struggling to deal with my emotions. She has a lovely calming nature and so from day one I felt I could really open up to her and found myself divulging my innermost personal thoughts and feelings without judgement or embarrassment. I was so pleased at how comfortable it was and being able to immediately feel the benefits after our first session together.

Maria is amazing at unearthing a deep-rooted understanding of how our minds work and has offered me some really useful techniques to help manage my emotions, and ultimately my life, better. She has this incredible way of making a connection with your thoughts and reframing any unhelpful ones. Maria empowered me as we explored tools together to take control of my life. With her amazing support I’m already updating my internal map to serve me better going forward. I always look forward to our sessions and leave them feeling enlightened and excited about my future.

SHIZANA

Maria has been wonderful. I felt so welcomed throughout our sessions, she communicates effectively which led me to feel understood. She gave me insight into the problems I have been dealing with and has helped me gain a clearer picture about my priorities. I would absolutely recommend her service!

LINDA

I’d like to say a big thank you to Maria for my life coaching sessions – she has helped me to better understand a long-standing problem which I have been battling with – procrastination my ‘old friend’, from new angles. The sessions also gave me fantastic tools to use to help with my struggles. Maria is very personable, easy to talk to, and her perceptiveness often helped to add a useful new dimension and meaning to our discussions. Thank you very much Maria!! 🙂

SERENIA

Maria came into my life at the perfect time. After a year of battling low self-esteem, insomnia and anxiety, I knew I needed to make sense of what I was feeling. Maria created a safe place where I immediately felt comfortable to let it all out. She allowed me the space to work through emotions, guided me to make sense of my thoughts, and provided a structured plan to progress. I can’t recommend Maria enough!

JAIMIE

Maria has been amazing practitioner since we crossed paths during COVID. She has been so helpful showing me the tools to cope with uncertainty in my life as a nurse during hard times where I felt so overwhelmed! I have been seeing her since then and benefiting her advanced practice over the years.

JENNIFER

I connected with Maria straightaway. I look forward to every session, they are very helpful for me. I have learned so much along the way. She has so much knowledge and experience and is so calming and so lovely to work with. I feel safe and my wellbeing has been positively impacted since beginning my wellbeing journey with Maria. Thank you.

NATALIE

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